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Saturday, 30 March 2024

Diluents allowed for Thyroid USP desiccated thyroid powder

This sort of information is locked away by the USP so that we patients cannot access it!

However, searching found what claims to be a copy of the USP document and that says:

It may contain a suitable diluent such as Lactose, Sodium Chloride, Starch, Sucrose, or Dextrose.

My memory is claiming there might be one or two other substances are specifically permitted but I cannot find confirmation. I'll update if I can find out more. But as written, it seems to allow anything that is considered "suitable" without definition of that.

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